Extrahepatic autoimmune manifestations of chronic hepatitis C virus infection
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Extrahepatic autoimmune manifestations of chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
The hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) is currently a worldwide health problem. The chronic infection may progress to cirrhosis with the subsequent development of complications including ascities, encephalopathy, upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding and hepatocellular carcinoma. The HCV is a linear, single-stranded RNA virus of the Flaviviridae family that was identified in 1989 by Choo et al. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Hepatology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1665-2681
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)32000-9